The trails described in Lam focus on clearly distinct themes: the 8 km circular route “La02 (Panorama Trail)” offers repeated views of the Bavarian Forest mountains as far as the Großer Arber. Other trails explore legends and wood. This lets you choose the focus of your stay, from landscape and storytelling traditions to the theme of a material.
The La02 Panorama Trail
The circular trail begins at the Lam Tourist Information Office and follows Lambacher Straße along the pavement to Oberschmelz. From there, the route goes via Himmelreich, Buchet, the Fürstenzeche mine, Berghäusl and Daxenhof, returning to the Tourist Information Office. The start and finish are therefore at the same place; the stated length of the loop is 8 km.
At the edge of the forest, a narrow path leads via Himmelreich, Buchet, the Fürstenzeche mine and Berghäusl. Along the way, there are repeated views of the Bavarian Forest mountains as far as the Großer Arber. The loop combines a specific route with landscape views that open up repeatedly along the way.
Legends and wood as further trail themes
The “SAGENhaft” circular trail “La” starts at Lam Panorama Park and follows Engelshütter Straße via Holzmühle, Engelshütt and Ginglmühle, returning to the park. Information boards along the trail tell legends from the Lamer Winkel and the Bavarian Forest. The circular trail is suitable for strollers.
The “All About Wood Lam-Lohberg” trail passes through the villages of Lam and Lohberg. It explores wood as a basis for producing economic goods, as a source of energy and as a raw material for creative work. This gives it a different focus from the circular trails featuring panoramic views or legend boards: here, the emphasis is on a material and its various uses. This makes it easy to compare the trail themes when choosing a route: landscape, storytelling traditions or wood.
Panorama Park and its local setting
Lam Panorama Park is intended to create a connection as close to nature as possible between the market square and the leisure facilities: indoor swimming pool, outdoor pool and playground. These destinations give the park a distinct local character alongside the themed trails. If you are considering Lam as a place to stay, you can use these different trail themes to decide what you would like your trip to focus on.
Further themes in the wider destination of Cham
The wider destination of Cham offers its own cultural and nature-related themes in other towns. In Furth im Wald, a town in the district of Cham, the Dragon’s Cave offers a tour with information about the town’s dragon story, the festival and the technology behind the dragon robot. Check the operator’s current visitor information before visiting. The summer festival in Furth im Wald is part of the Drachenstich tradition.
In Rötz, also a town in the district of Cham, the Schwarzwihrberg Nature Forest Reserve is part of the “Schwarzwihrberg bei Rötz” FFH site. In Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut, a municipality in the district of Cham, the Pilgrimage Museum is housed in the former nursing castle; its collection includes treasures from the archive of the pilgrimage church. These places broaden the view of the wider destination of Cham, while Lam’s trails have their own distinct focuses on panoramas, legends and wood.
Discover more destinations: Furth Im Wald, Traitsching, Grafenwiesen, Eschlkam, Treffelstein, Waffenbrunn, Lohberg, WaldmĂĽnchen.
Go to the overview of the wider destination: Cham.
